What do you know about VR and AR? To some, these will just be initials, but to many, they are the future! As part of our entrepreneurs programme, we recently hosted two fascinating guest speakers who talked about this fast-moving innovation and how it will impact our lives.

Peer-to-peer (P2P) lending — direct lending between lenders and borrowers online outside traditional financial intermediaries like banks — first emerged in the United Kingdom and the world with the launch of Zopa in 2005.

Case Studies

Monitise developed a breakthrough product in digital money back in 2005, however they needed to identify a natural ally who could provide a 'digital highway'. That ally was Visa, who were able to provide the global distribution and customer base

Beat that quote was acquired by Google in 2011. BTQ was one of the UK's fastest growing comparison sites in 2008. They needed a forward-thinking partner, who could offer them scale and reach, in return for their specialist knowledge in the comparison and financial advice sector

Seamless provide prepaid and mobile payment services to retailers, mobile operators and distributors worldwide. Their growth has been enabled by adapting their business model to complement, not compete with, large banks. The McDonald's partnership has therefore enabled them to target customers directly and to reach the scale and long-term sustainable growth they need